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Washington, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Ranking Member of the Ways and Means Tax Policy Subcommittee, is introducing the Equitable Student Aid Access Act, which would simplify the not-so-simple FFASA and help students access federal financial aid.
Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., have introduced legislation to discourage the use of corporate tax havens.
The Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act, backed by more than 50 other lawmakers, along with the Corporate EXIT Fairness Act, would curb some tax strategies such as deferral and "check the box" that encourage companies to shift jobs and profits to foreign countries. The legislation also aims to curtail corporate tax inversions.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), a senior Member of the House Ways and Means Committee and Ranking Member of the Tax Policy Subcommittee, introduced two bills – the Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act, joined by over 50 other Members of Congress, and the Corporate EXIT Fairness Act (Corporate Expatriates and Inverters Tax Fairness Act).
Washington, D.C.—Today, 51 members of Congress, led by U.S. Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), urged President Donald Trump to fulfill his oft-repeated promise to lower prescription drug prices. Rep. Doggett and his colleagues asked President Trump to protect public access to drugs developed with public dollars. Rep. Doggett, a senior member of the Ways and Means Committee and a leader of the House Prescription Drug Task Force, said:
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Senior Member of the House Ways and Means Committee and Ranking Member of the Tax Policy Subcommittee, spoke in support of a resolution that would direct the Secretary of the Treasury to provide President Trump's federal tax returns to Congress. During this Committee consideration, Rep. Lloyd Doggett said:
GOP struggles to move past issue
As folks line up to pose questions, U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, speaks during a town hall meeting about health care at La Trinidad United Methodist Church.
As Republicans in Washington tried their best to maneuver past the failure to get enough votes in the House to pass their health care bill, constituents of Lloyd Doggett's congressional district, which runs along Interstate 35 to Austin, met in South San Antonio on Saturday.
The congressman made it clear that the canceled vote was a victory for Democrats.
WASHINGTON — On the 64th day of Donald Trump's presidency, the art of the deal didn't work.
Facing a revolt by rank-and-file lawmakers from their party's right and center, Republican leaders Friday were forced to cancel a vote on long-promised legislation repealing the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, leaving uncertain, at least for now, the GOP's future plans for health care.
WASHINGTON — House Republican leaders, facing a revolt among conservatives and moderates in their ranks, pulled legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act from consideration on the House floor Friday in a major defeat for President Trump on the first legislative showdown of his presidency.
"We're going to be living with Obamacare for the foreseeable future," the House speaker, Paul D. Ryan, conceded.
Washington, D.C. – Today, after House Republicans pulled down a vote on their "Pay More for Less" bill, Congressman Lloyd Doggett, Ranking Member of the Ways and Means Tax Policy Subcommittee, made the following statement:
Washington, D.C. -- Today, on the House floor, Congressman Lloyd (D-TX), the Ranking Member of the Ways and Means Tax Policy Subcommittee, spoke against Republicans' "Pay More for Less" healthcare bill that has been rejected by physicians, nurses, hospitals, the AARP, the American Cancer Action Network, Consumers Union, and more. Rep. Doggett said: